News that the British government has now agreed to negotiate an out-of-court settlement to compensate Kenyans who were tortured during the Mau Mau war of independence is most welcome.

The need to forestall embarrassment arising from the damning evidence Mau Mau veterans would have adduced at full trial may have pushed the British government to seek an out-of-court settlement over the matter....

It’s a public and diplomatic relations coup. Britain was reported this week saying it is willing to negotiate an out-of-court settlement to pay compensation to the Mau Mau veterans who sued because they were tortured and mistreated during the 1952-1960 nationalist..